The Smallest Safari

Wildlife among the weeds

Robber Fly (Asilidae) hanging out in the long grass, waiting to steal the life of some unwary insect. Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland. © Bronwen Scott.

How it started

Somewhere else, this would be a glorious wildflower meadow but here in the Australian Wet Tropics, it is a park gone feral after weeks of rain. Before the mower came to slice off their heads, I wandered over with the camera to take their portraits.

How it proceeded